מְצִלְתַּיִם

1 Chronicles 13:8 וּבִמְצִלְתַּ֖יִם and with cymbals

David and all the Israelites were celebrating before God with all their might, with songs and on harps and lyres, with tambourines, cymbals, and trumpets.

Here: The Hebrew form means 'a pair', so a pair of clashing bronze cymbals. The word appears only in Chronicles, Ezra and Nehemiah, where it is the instrument of the Levite music leaders (1 Chr 15:19).

1 Chronicles 15:16 וּמְצִלְתָּ֑יִם and cymbals

David also told the leaders of the Levites to appoint their relatives as singers to lift up their voices with joy, accompanied by musical instruments—harps, lyres, and cymbals.

Here: "And cymbals." The form is a dual, meaning a pair of plates struck together. Verse 19 says they were bronze and gives them to the three chief musicians.

1 Chronicles 15:19 בִּמְצִלְתַּ֥יִם with cymbals

The musicians Heman, Asaph, and Ethan were to sound the bronze cymbals.

1 Chronicles 15:28 וּבִמְצִלְתָּ֑יִם and with cymbals

So all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of the LORD with shouting, with the sounding of rams’ horns and trumpets, and with cymbals and the music of harps and lyres.

Here: "And with cymbals." The Hebrew form means a pair of things. These were bronze cymbals (15:19) played by the Levite chief singers Heman, Asaph and Ethan. The word appears only in Chronicles, Ezra and Nehemiah.

1 Chronicles 16:5 בַּֽמְצִלְתַּ֥יִם with <the> cymbals

Asaph was the chief, Zechariah was second, then Jeiel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Mattithiah, Eliab, Benaiah, Obed-edom, and Jeiel. They were to play the harps and lyres, while Asaph sounded the cymbals

1 Chronicles 16:42 וּמְצִלְתַּ֙יִם֙ and cymbals

Heman and Jeduthun had with them trumpets and cymbals for the music and instruments for the songs of God. And the sons of Jeduthun were stationed at the gate.

1 Chronicles 25:1 וּבִמְצִלְתָּ֑יִם and with cymbals

Additionally, David and the commanders of the army set apart some of the sons of Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun to prophesy with the accompaniment of lyres, harps, and cymbals. The following is the list of the men who performed this service:

Here: The dual form means 'a pair of cymbals': bronze clashing plates (cf. 15:19, where Heman, Asaph and Ethan sound bronze cymbals). They probably marked the start of songs and kept rhythm.

1 Chronicles 25:6 בִּמְצִלְתַּ֙יִם֙ with cymbals

All these were under the direction of their fathers for the music of the house of the LORD with cymbals, harps, and lyres, for the service of the house of God. Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman were under the direction of the king.

2 Chronicles 5:12 בִּמְצִלְתַּ֙יִם֙ with cymbals

all the Levitical singers—Asaph, Heman, Jeduthun, and their sons and relatives—stood on the east side of the altar, dressed in fine linen and playing cymbals, harps, and lyres, accompanied by 120 priests sounding trumpets.

Here: The ending marks a pair (the Hebrew 'dual'): one pair of bronze cymbals struck together. In Chronicles the cymbals belong to the guild leaders and appear to set the start and beat (1 Chr 15:19; 16:5).

2 Chronicles 5:13 וּבִמְצִלְתַּ֜יִם and with [the] cymbals

The trumpeters and singers joined together to praise and thank the LORD with one voice. They lifted up their voices, accompanied by trumpets, cymbals, and musical instruments, in praise to the LORD: “For He is good; His loving devotion endures forever.” And the temple, the house of the LORD, was filled with a cloud

Here: The form means “a pair.” These were bronze cymbals clashed together (1 Chr 15:19). In the Chronicler's account they mark the start of the praise and its rhythm.

2 Chronicles 29:25 בִּמְצִלְתַּ֙יִם֙ with cymbals

Hezekiah stationed the Levites in the house of the LORD with cymbals, harps, and lyres according to the command of David, of Gad the king’s seer, and of Nathan the prophet. For the command had come from the LORD through His prophets.

Here: "With cymbals." The word has a dual ending, meaning a pair: two bronze plates struck together. In Chronicles the cymbals are played by the music leaders (Asaph in 1 Chr 16:5).

Ezra 3:10 בַּֽמְצִלְתַּ֔יִם with <the> cymbals

When the builders had laid the foundation of the temple of the LORD, the priests in their apparel with trumpets, and the Levites (the sons of Asaph) with cymbals, took their positions to praise the LORD, as David king of Israel had prescribed.

Here: The form is dual, meaning a pair of clashing bronze cymbals. Asaph himself played them (1 Chr 16:5). They probably marked the start of the singing and the breaks in it, rather than keeping a running beat.

Nehemiah 12:27 מְצִלְתַּ֖יִם cymbals

At the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem, the Levites were sought out from all their homes and brought to Jerusalem to celebrate the joyous dedication with thanksgiving and singing, accompanied by cymbals, harps, and lyres.

Here: A dual form, meaning a pair of bronze cymbals struck together. In temple music these marked the start of the song and its rhythm (1 Chr 15:19; 16:5).